For the purposes of this zoning ordinance, the city is divided into zoning districts designated as follows:

A.

NR-1, Neighborhood Residential 1 District. This zoning district is intended primarily for lower density one-family residences and related uses. This district is designed to stabilize and protect the residential characteristics of the district and to encourage a suitable family life on larger lots.

B.

NR-2, Neighborhood Residential 2 District. This zoning district is intended primarily for medium density one-family residences and related uses. This district is designed to stabilize and protect the residential characteristics of the district and to encourage a suitable family life on smaller lots.

C.

NR-3, Neighborhood Residential 3 District. This zoning district is intended primarily for higher density one-family residences and related uses. This district is designed to stabilize and protect the residential characteristics of the district and to encourage a suitable family life on smaller lots.

D.

CR, Corridor Residential District. This zoning district is intended primarily for two-family and multifamily housing and related uses. This district is designed to provide a multifamily residential characteristic with lower densities.

E.

TCR, Town Center Residential District. This zoning district is intended primarily for two-family and multifamily housing and related uses. This district is designed to provide a multifamily residential characteristic with higher densities.

F.

NM, Neighborhood Mixed-Use District. This zoning district is intended primarily for mixed-use development and related uses at a lower density. This district provides a location for residences and convenient goods and services directly adjacent to single-family neighborhoods that will satisfy the common and frequent needs of the residents of nearby residential neighborhoods with design standards and design parameters to encourage a pedestrian-friendly traditional urban form, oriented to pedestrians, which will limit the conflicts between vehicles and pedestrians.

G.

CM, Corridor Mixed-Use District. This zoning district is intended primarily for mixed-use development and related uses at a medium density. This district provides a location for residences, retail, goods and services and offices to satisfy the common and frequent needs of the city's businesses and residents with design standards and design parameters to encourage a pedestrian-friendly traditional urban form, oriented to pedestrians, which will limit the conflicts between vehicles and pedestrians.

H.

TCM, Town Center Mixed-Use District. This zoning district is intended primarily for mixed-use development and related uses at a higher density. This district provides a location for residences, retail, goods and services and offices to satisfy the common and frequent needs of the city's commercial core and greater Covington area with design standards and design parameters to encourage a pedestrian-friendly traditional urban form, oriented to pedestrians, which will limit the conflicts between vehicles and pedestrians.

I.

M1, Light Industrial District. This zoning district is intended for properties that are located on or have ready access to a major street or state highway and are well adapted to light industrial development but whose proximity to residential or commercial districts makes it desirable to limit industrial operation and processes to those that are not objectionable in terms of the emission of noise, vibration, smoke, dust, gas, fumes, odors and do not create fire or explosion hazards, or other obnoxious conditions.

J.

M2, Heavy Industrial District. This zoning district is intended for properties that are located on or have ready access to a major street or state highway and are well adapted to heavy industrial development but whose proximity to residential or commercial districts makes it desirable to limit industrial operation and processes to those that are not objectionable in terms of the emission of noise, vibration, smoke, dust, gas, fumes, odors and do not create fire or explosion hazards, or other obnoxious conditions.

(Ord. dated 6/30/08 (part))

A.

The uses set forth in the table below shall be permitted only as listed within each zoning district and only in the manner so listed. Any use not listed in said table is prohibited in all districts. No use shall be permitted and no structure associated with such use shall be erected, structurally altered or enlarged unless the use is permitted as one of the following:

1.

P: A permitted use.

2.

S: A use requiring a special use permit subject to approval following the application procedures and requirements in Chapter 16.12 and the additional criteria of Chapter 16.24.

3.

A: An accessory use subject to the requirements specified herein and in Chapter 16.20 and those regulations and definitions generally applicable to accessory uses.

B.

Any use not listed with the letter P, S, or A in a particular zoning district shall be prohibited in that zoning district, unless it is a nonconforming use lawfully established prior to the effective date of the regulation that rendered it legally nonconforming. See Chapter 16.36.

C.

Any use listed with a "Yes" in the column headed by the words "Suppl. Regs" in the table below shall satisfy the applicable supplemental use standards established in Chapter 16.24 of this chapter.

D.

Restrictions on the location of telecommunication facilities in certain zoning districts are provided in Chapter 16.56.

E.

Permitted uses for overlay zoning districts are listed in Chapter 16.24.

F.

The majority of uses listed in the table below are based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Where the use is not defined in Chapter 16.08 and where the use has a NAICS code indicated in the table below, the NAICS definition shall apply. For uses that fall within more than one use category, the more detailed definition shall apply: the definition of a six-digit NAICS class usurps the definition of a five-digit NAICS class, the definition of a five-digit NAICS class usurps the definition of a four-digit NAICS class and so on. All remaining uses identified in the zoning ordinance are intended to have the commonly accepted definitions contained in the most recent edition of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

1.

If no NAICS classification number is shown on the table, there is no corresponding category to the land use listed. The use may be residential in nature (there are no NAICS categories for residences) or may be a land use activity not generally recognized as a business activity or industry type.

2.

In all cases of uncertainty, the planning and zoning director shall determine whether or not a particular use is allowed in a particular zoning district. The determination shall reflect the purpose of the zoning district as stated in this chapter, both the common and dictionary definitions of the use, and the array of listed uses that are allowed in the district as to their character and intensity.

G.

All uses shall satisfy all applicable civic design standards established in Chapter 16.28 of this chapter.

(Ord. dated 5/4/15(1), §§ 1, 3; Ord. dated 9/15/14(2), § 2; Ord. dated 9/15/14(1), § 1; Ord. dated 7/1/13, § 1; Ord. dated 11-19-12(3), § 1; Ord. dated 10-15-12(2), § 2; Ord. dated 8/6/12, § 3(1—11); Ord. dated 4/4/11, § 2; Ord. dated 3/7/11, § 1; Ord. dated 5/3/10, § 1(Exh. A); Ord. dated 6/30/08 (part); Ord. dated 9/21/15(1), § 1; Ord. dated 5/2/16(4), § 1; Ord. dated 7/6/16(1), §§ 1.A., B.; Ord. dated 3/5/18(1), § 2; Ord. dated 4/2/18(1), § 2, 3; Ord. dated 4/2/18(2), § 2; Ord. dated 7/2/18(1), §§ 1—7; Ord. dated 11-13-18(3), §§ 1, 2; Ord. dated 3/2/20, § 1; Ord. dated 7/6/20, §§ 4, 5; Ord. dated 11/2/20, § 4—6; Ord. dated 11/1/21, § 1; Ord. dated 3/7/22, § 2; Ord. dated 5/2/22, §§ 6, 7; Ord. dated 5/2/22, § 2; Ord. dated 6/6/22, § 2; Ord. dated 6/6/22, § 8; Ord. dated 9/19/22, § 2; Ord. dated 6/5/23, § 3; Ord. dated 9/5/23 § 1; Ord. dated 2/19/24, § 2; Ord. dated 4/1/24, §§ 2—11; Ord. dated 11/4/24, § 3; Ord. dated 8/4/25 § 2)

The following table set forth the space dimensions required for each zoning district.

A.

Where a rear yard abuts upon a street, no structure shall be closer to the rear lot line than the required front yard setbacks found in the Street Type Dimensions Table in Section 16.28.030.

B.

For size limitations on accessory uses and structures see Section 16.20.020.

C.

For all landscape zone, sidewalk, minimum building height and front yard dimensions reference Chapter 16.28. In the case of a corner lot which abuts any two intersecting streets, the minimum side yard setback for the side of the building or structure facing a street shall be two-thirds of the front yard setback for that street in the district as listed in the Streetscape Dimensions Table in Section 16.28.030.

D.

For additional standards for individual uses and building types, see Section 16.28.020.

(Ord. dated 6/30/08 (part); Ord. dated 5/18/15(1); Ord. dated 7/2/18, §§ 8—14; Ord. dated 11-13-18(2), § 1; Ord. dated 11/2/20, § 7; Ord. dated 6/6/22, § 9)